Special Introduction To The Study Of The Old Testament, Volume 1  CONTENTS. Preface. 5 DIVISION I. THE DIDACTIC BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. CHAPTER I. Preliminary Remarks 13 Principal Names and Doctrinal Purpose of the Didactic Books. Leading Poetical Features of the Didactic Books. CHAPTER II. The Book of Job 29 Name and Position in the Canon. Chief Contents of the Book of Job. Integrity and Didactic Object. Historical Character and Date of Composition. CHAPTER III. The Psalms 56 Names and General Contents. Original Text and Principal Versions. The Numbering and Titles of the Psalms. Gradual Formation of the Psalter CHAPTER IV. The Book of Proverbs 99 Names and General Object. Original Text and Principal Versions. Gradual Formation of the Book of Proverbs. CHAPTER V Ecclesiastes 110 Names and Place in the Canon. Contents and Object. Authorship and Date. The ntegrity of the Book of Ecclesiastes. CHAPTER VI. The Canticle of Canticles 132 Name and Unity. Authorship and Date. Principal Modes of Interpretation. CHAPTER VII. The Book of Wisdom 158 Title and Content Language and Authorship. Place and Date of Composition. CHAPTER VIII. Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach 172 Principal Names and Contents. Original Text and Ancient Versions. Authorship and Mode of Composition. DIVISION II. THE PROPHETICAL WRITINGS. CHAPTER IX. Preliminary Remarks on the Prophetical Writings 189 Nature of the Prophetical Cffice. General Features of the Prophetical Books. A rangemen of the Prophetical Writings. CHAPTER X. The Book of Isaias. Chapters I-XXXIX 204 Preliminary Remarks. Prophetical Part of the "First Isaias" (I-XXXV). His orical Appendix to the "First Isaias" (XXXVI-XXXIX) CHAPTER XI. The Book of Isaias. Chapters XL-LXVI 225 Preliminary Remarks. Arguments in Favor of the Isaianic Authorship of Chapters XL-LXVI. Arguments against the Isaianic Authorship of Chapters XL-LXVI. Concluding Remarks. CHAPTER XII. Jeremias, Lamentations, and Baruch 267 CHAPTER XIII. The Book of Ezechiel. 313 CHAPTER XIV The Book of Daniel 334 Preliminary R marks. The Proto-Canonical Parts of the Book of Daniel. The Deutero-Canonical Parts of the Book of Daniel. CHAPTER XV. The Minor Prophets of the Eighth Century B.C. 390 Israel and Juda during the Eighth Century B.C. The Prophet Amos. The Prophet Osee. The Prophet Micheas. CHAPTER XVI. The Minor Prophets of the Seventh Century B.C 420 The Last Forty Years of the Seventh Century B.C. The Prophet Nahum. The P ophet Sophonias. The Prophet Habacuc. CHAPTER XVII. The Post-Exilic Minor Prophets 440 Historical Introduction to the Prophets Aggeusand Zacharias. The Pr. phet Aggeus. Th Prophet Zacharias. The Prophet Malachias. CHAPTER XVIII. The Remaining Minor Prophets: Joel, Abdias, Jonas. 468 Alphabetical Index 501

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pt. I. The historical books -- pt. II. Didactic books and prophetical writings

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